Collapsible display container forming rim and trim for stands



' HL. Mom-:MEN 2,552,325 COLLPSIBLE DISPLAY CONTAINER FORMING RIM AND TRIM FOR STANDS Filed 00t- 4. 1949 Il lll l l' Patented July 3l, 1951 COLLAPSIBLE DISPLAY CONTAINER FORM- ING RIM AND TRIM FOR STANDS Hamlet Lee Moremen, Seattle, Wash., assignor'to Washington State Apple Advertising Commission, Wenatchee, Wash., a corporate body 'of Washington Application October 4, 1949, Serial No. 119,509

3 Claims. (Cl. 21h-133) This invention relates to article display devices and more particularly to a collapsible display containerrwhich is adapted to form a rim and trim for such display devices.

In the display or exhibition of articles, such An important object of this invention is to pro-v vide a novel collapsible display container forming a rim and trim for van article-displaying stand or support. g

Another important object is to provide such a container which is`A ideal for association with one or more upended packing boxes, such as orange or apple crates, toprovide a support, so as to form a rim extending upwardly from the upwardly-facing end wall of the box or crate, `or grouped crates. Such an arrangement permits the use oi the containers in which the articles to be displayed4 were packed.

Stillvanother important object is to provide such a collapsible display container to form a `rim and trim kfor an associated upwardlyvslatted. crates, properlyarranged, the assembly of parts permits air circulation through the openings formed in the grouped upwardly-facing walls, when the several slatted crates `are up-Y ended and grouped. This tendsto ventilate the Y piled-up display.

Of course, it is often desirable to provide a collapsible display container, and it has been my aim to provide a container rwhich may be collapsed to provide but four thicknesses of material, which material may be corrugated board.

Other objects and advantages of this inven'- tionwill be apparent during the course of the following detailed description of the invention, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a portion of this disclosure,

and in which drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of the assembled novel display container.

Fig. r2 is a top plan of the collapsed novel display container.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the collapsed container of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical section of the same substantially on the line II+4 of Fig. 3.

Fig, 5 is a perspective view of the display container secured to a suitable support, as four upended4 crates.

. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section, substantially on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

, Fig. 'l is a vertical section, substantially on the line "I-'I of Fig. 6. l InV the drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is vshown a preferred embodiment of the invention, and wherein similar reference characters designatev corresponding parts throughout the several views, the. letter A designates a support, B designates the new display container forming a rim and trim, and C designates means to secure the container Bv to the support A.

The support A is shown as made up of Aa pluralityv ofcrates, such as four conventional slatted crates (for example, orange crates) each having side wallsV Iii, end walls Il, a bottom wall I2 and open mouth I3. Preferably they are upended and grouped together with their mouths I3 inwardlyand their bottom walls I2 and some of their side walls I0 outwardly, as in Fig. 6, and a suitable covering I4 for the outer faces of these side walls I0 and bottom walls I2 may be provided, such as a display sheet, plain paper, crepe paper, cloth and the like, or combinations of these. The upper end portion I5 of the covering may be secured to the Walls I0 and I2 as by ,means of staples I6, which are subsequently covered by the display container B.v

This'assembly of four orange crates is given by waycf example, since the display container B may be provided for an assembly of two, six, eight or nine crates, and apple crates (which are generally not quite as long as orangel crates) may be substituted for the latter. It is important that the support A present substantially vertical walls and a substantially horizontal upper wall which latter forms part of the support and contact sur- ,face for a portion of the articles displayed, since thev novel display containerA provides a rim or border but provides no appreciable upper Wall.

As shown more particularly in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, the collapsed display container B provides a flat package, taking up but little space. It has an upwardly-extending border wall or rim portion 2Q, downwardly-extending flange portion 2| which is,`preferably, a downward continuation of the wall portion 29, an inner wall or inner rim portion 22 and a second ange portion 23 constructed and arranged, when the display container B is in use, to extend substantially horizontally from the lower end of the wall portion 22. That is, in use, the flange portion 23 forms substantially a right angle with the portions 2,9, 2| or 22. All these portions are preferably parts of a sheet of suitable material as corrugated board, scored or otherwise weakened to provide the longitudinally-extending folds 24 and 25. The folds 24 are at the juncture of the wall portions 29 and 22 and the folds 25 are at the juncture of the wall portion 22 and flange portion 23. In the event the container B is employed to rim or border the upper ends of four crates, assembled as described, the sheet is suitably transversely slit, as at 26 to provide, with the broughttogether ends of the sheet, four sections of the inner wall portion 22 and ange portion 23. From the bases of these slits 2B, the wall portion 20 and flange portion 2l are transversely scored, as at 21, so as to provide, with the brought together lends of the sheet, four sections of the wall portion 29 and four sections of the ange portion 2 I. At these ends, the two adjacent sections of portions 20 and 2l may be joined by a flexible means 28 as a strip of adhesive tape. Thus, the display container B may be folded flat, as in Figures 2, 3 and 4.

However, in use, in connection with a support A, such as four upended crates as described, the container B is arranged with the four sections of the flange portion 23 substantially horizontal (as in Figure l) and the four sections of the flange portion 2l telescoped over the upper end of the support A until the sections of the flange portion 23 contact the edge portion of the upper face of the support A (that is, the outer edge portions of the four end faces of the crates) and extend thereover, as in Figures 5 and 7.

Thereupon the means C, which may be staples, may be employed to secure the sections of the flange portion 23 to the support A.

Thus there is provided a rim or wall, upstanding from the support A and adapted to retain articles piled or placed upon the upper face of the support A and upon, of course, the sections of the ange 23.

This provides not only the rim or wall just mentioned but the flange 2l, which hugs the outer faces of the upper end portions of the vertical walls of the support A, prevents bulging of the wall 29, aids in preventing accidental movements of the crates, one with respect to the others, and hides the staples I6. The outer face of either the rim portion 29 or flange portion 2l (or both) may be provided with suitable indicia.

The spectator, when the support A and display container B retain piled up articles, such as fruit, gets the impression that he is looking into the open mouth ofr a container of the articles, with the display container B being a decorative border. Thus, it is not intended to provide for a display stand, a rim assembly jutting out beyond the vertical walls of a support since, when such jutting rim assembly is lled with articles, as fruit, the entire device is apt to topple.

As may be appreciated from Figure 7, the wall portion 20 is not apt to spread outwardly, due to the bracing eifects of the flange portion 2 l.

Because of the bracing eifects of the ange portion 2| on the Wall portion 29, the flange portion 23 may be quite narrow, thus economizingV in material.

By employing the slatted, upended orange crates to form the support A, arranged as described and not providing a continuous bottom wall to the display container B, there are formed a plurality of air-circulating openings 30 in the upper face of the support A, as may be seen in Fig. 5, so that there will be a desirable circulation of air around the articles displayed, since the flange 23 does not cover the majority of these openings 30.

Various changes may be made to the form of the invention herein shown and described without departing from the spirit of the invention or scope of the claims. fr

What is claimed is:

1. In a display stand, a support having upwardly-extending walls and an upper horizontal wall, a covering material secured over the exposed exterior walls of said support, a display container mounted on said support including a strip of material comprising a flange surrounding the upper end of the support and covering the upper portion of said covering material and an integral upwardly extending rim for supporting and confining produce to be displayed above the support, and horizontal anges extending from the juncture of said flange and rim portions for securing to the upper edges of the upper horizontal wall of the support.

2. In a display stand, a support comprising a plurality of crates each having a'plurality of upright spaced slatted walls with end walls providing a base for the stand and an upper horizontal wall, said slats providing upwardly extending apertures through the upper horizontal wall through which air may circulate, and a display container comprising a ange surrounding the crates and extending upwardly therefrom to provide a rim for supporting and confining produce to be displayed above the horizontal apertured wall of the stand, and means extending horizontally from said flange and rim inwardly over the peripheral edges of said horizontal stand wall for attachment thereto.

3. In a display stand, a support comprising a plurality of crates, each crate having upwardly extending spaced apart slats and a top wall, said crates when placed in juxtaposition providing a plurality of openings between said slats, and a display container mounted on said support, said display container comprising a vertical flange adapted to enclose the upper ends of said crates, a ilange extending downwardly from the upper edge of said vertical flange and a horizontal flange extending inwardly from the lower edge of said last named flange, said horizontal flange resting upon the top wall of said support, said openings in the top wall serving to ventilate produce held withinv the display container.

HAMLET LEE MOREMEN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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